FUNDING GUIDELINES

• Funded projects must be completed within one year of award
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals, if relevant, must be present prior to fund dispersal
• A midterm project status report must be provided to the CCSE indicating successful progress toward project completion to justify continued funding of the project
• A final project report and/or departmental presentation by awardees will be delivered at the end of the project term

FUNDING GUIDELINES

Supported Budgetary Items may include:

• Summer funding
• Participant recruitment
• Data transcription
• Data coding
• Undergraduate or graduate research assistant to facilitate data collection or coding
• Secondary dataset access
• Specialized software not licensed by Purdue
• Travel support for data collection purposes
• Project-relevant reference books

Funds cannot be requested for:

• Regular conference travel typically funded by departmental travel funds
• General use computer equipment (i.e., laptops, tablets, etc.)
• Funds are intended to seed new research and would not normally be used as supplements to existing significant internal or external funds

PROPOSAL CRITERIA

• Demonstrates how the project will utilize the C-SPAN Video Library
• Has the potential to make scholarly contributions to humanities, arts and social sciences
• Demonstrates innovation in data collection, research methods and analysis
• Demonstrates feasibility within project timeline and budget
• Identifies a peer-reviewed target publication and presentation outlets
• Aligns with outside funding opportunities that will enhance future applications to relevant funding sources after the completion of the proposed project

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement (CCSE) is providing funding to Purdue University full-time faculty members and graduate students to support projects that utilize the C-SPAN Video Library in the areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences. 

To support research, the CCSE has allocated $10,000 for AY 2024-2025. The grant amount awarded will be based on the budgetary requirements of the proposal.

 Full-time faculty and graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals for:

• Academic research which holds promise for peer-reviewed publication or presentation at a scholarly proceeding
• Preliminary research for initial data collection and analysis that will seed external funding